LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 273, 19 November 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs. F. E. Clarke wishes to state that she is not the Mrs. l'\ Clarke summoned for neglecting to send children to fchool. A special parade of the Taranaki Guards will be held to-night when payment will b« made to those who attended at the Royal reception at Wellington and Cluistchuro-h. The Kev. J. Olover will lecture at ihe Queen-street Church to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, his subject being " Love, Courtship, and Marriage." That the lecturer will make the subject amusing and interesting g<;es without saying, at)d 'the attraot a very large audjencie.

Daniel J. Dosseter was fined £5 at the Magistrate's Court,- Wellington, on Monday. f° r falsely pretending to be a doctor of medicine, and £1 for distributing circulai s contrary to the Offensive Publications Act.

Mr. Wilkinson has intimated that of business will prevent his again accepting office as a member of the Hospiial and Charitable Aid Board.

A steamer has Bailed for Lyttelton from Greymouth, with over 400,000 ft of timber. Forty men have been employe! night and day taking in timber at four hatches

Above the mantelpiece of the Board-room, in the wcklaml Harbour Board's office, a large shield of elegant design, with ptnels cut out of a magnificently tinted piece of puriri, and framework of mottled kauri, ha- , erected. There is inscribed on the shield, which has also a repfggeD^t}->n of the Boaid's seal plaoed above it, a list of t l .e names of the past chairmen of the Buai' 1 and their terms of office

At the B.M. Court on Monday, ludgmor.t for plaintiffs was given in the following cases:—E White v. A. Ohannings, claim £4, and costs ss; H. Weston v. W. Elliot, claim '£s 19., and costs £ I 3* (id (Mr Weston for piaiotin.) ihfl case of Webber v. Sole Brothers and Kyngdon was again adjourned.

■ rhe t«(tit)gs in connection with the AuckAgricultural Show were just under ' £6OO, 88 compared with £250 for the two days last year, when the weather was unfavourable, " '• '

While Mr C. Carter's delivery cart was at the Old People's Home on Monday afternoon the horse took fright at something done by a man working on the building, and bolted. He broke the shafts oil short and careered right down through the town, coming to a step in Devon-street. Fortunately the animal did not collide with anything in his course. Beyond the borse beiDg slightly cut about the legs no damage was done except | to the shafts of the vehicle.

Mr J. Svnderson received the following te:.de s for the erection of a storey over the warehouse of Messrs H. J. Cook and Company in Cuirie street:—A. Pikett £995 10s, h. iiteolc £'!)!, Boon Brothers £B9B, H. Wallath £B4O. Mr Wallath's tender has b.en accepted, and the work will be proceeded with at onee.

A joint meeting of the Fire Prevention and Works Committees of the Borough Council was held on Monday, when the plans for the alterations proposed by Mr M. J. Jones to the Theatre Royal were considered. The plans for the abattoirs were also considered and are now open for inspection. Th ) Dist'iet Court sits at New Plymouth to-morrow at 11 a.m. Eight bankruptcy cases will ceme on for hearing, being applicisions by the D.O.A. for release in the .estates of Captain Jensen, C. E. Halloran, F. W. Watts, M. Hill, J. Street, Tyer Brothers, Twenty man Wilson, T. K. Austin. The number of dairy factories in Taranaki on March 31st was 102, which employed 354 males aud 11 female hands, the former receiving in wages £25,837 and the latter £307. The value of materials med in 1900 was L4G2,3ofi. The qmntitity of butter made during last year was 12,423,9381bs valued at £492,664, and of cheese 31,719 cwt valued at £73,'19, while the other produce was valued at £I3BO, making a total value of £568,033. The approximate value of land, buildings, machinery and plant used for the industry was £137,911. There were also 51 creameries. The nearest approach to this wai Otpgo with 42 factories. The following trains leave New Plymouth station to-day for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned beiow, as follows : - 6 a.m., Takipuna (from north); 11 a.m., Takapuna (for south); I p.m., Rotoiti (from south); 8.20 pm, Rotoiti (for north). A passenger car will be attached to the gcods train leaving for the Breakwater about 3 p.m

The O nciliation Bowel's rfcommandationa in the local printers' "dispute" havebeen filed. The weei's work for compositors, either machine or hand, to be 47 hoars and the minimum wages £2 5s for day work and 62 12s (id f or night work. The Un'oa's demand was for a 42 hours' a week and a minimum of ±'3 and £3 6s for machine .operators. and a 4# hours' week and a minimum of £-! 15a »nd £3 for case han<ls. One apprentice to three type-setting machines is allowed instead of one to five as dem«ndei by the Union, while for band composition two apprentices are allowed for each journeyman, instead of one apprentice to three journeymen as demanded. The terra journeyman is to include compositors and machine hands over 21 years of age who have I beed eng» at least four years at a newspaper attjee or jobbing work. For piece work the rate id fixed at lOd and lid per 1000 ens for day and night work respectively, instead of lld and as demanded by the Union. Females may be employed and paid 25 per cent. less than the minimum rate for journeymen and apprentices. Machinists wages are fixed at 10s and £1 15s for assistants for 47 hours, while, two apprentices are allowed tc each machine. Apprentices wages are fixed at 5a for the first ye»r, with an annual 5s rise. The demand that operators of type setting machines shall be I qualified compositors who hav& duly served ' their indentures is struck out. Employers j | shall not discriminate against members of 1 the Union in engaging or dismissing hands. I The Board recommends that the award take | effect from January Ist, 1902, and remain in 'force for two years. Objection or dissent i from all or part of the above must be filed within a month. At the annual conference of Auckland Agricultural Societies on Monday resolutions were carried in favour of Federal agricultural Societies, more vigorous settlement of Crown lands in the Auckland district, reduction of railway and shipping freights on wool, and the establishment of a school of agriculture near Auckland. It was also resolved that a plant ba erecte J on the Auckland wharf for the s'erilisation of imported bones, so as to do away with the danger of anthrax. At the School Committee meeting last night a member pointed out the ineon- | venience caused at the temporary room used at the West Infants School by the want of i desks. Children had to sit in very uncom- [ f ortable positions tor several hours at a time, The children had also to cross the road I three or four times a day, and this through two or three inches of mud in bad weather. | It was resolved to point out to the Board the | need for proper furniture.

Id view of the alteration in the basis of the principal payments made by Education Boards consequent on the passing of the Teachers Salaries Act, and the desirableness of curtailing as much as possible the work of the officers of boards, the Department of Education has suggested the holding of a conference of secretaries of boards in Wellington. This will take p'ace about the second week in December, and will be proBided over by the Secretary for Education, The result of the oonfereqoe is hoped to be the saving of a great deal of work both to boards and department, Rain was steadily falling at Timaru yesterday of' 1 ernoon and n'ght, being the first stead f fall for four months. It will do incalculable benefit to grass and crops, The secretary of th 9 Education Board, Mr. jP, 8. Whitcombe, has received from the I Education Department forms for supplying | returns in order to enable payments of additions to teachers' salaries to be made for the fourth quarter of 1901, and also to make the necessary adjustments (if any) on the amounts paid for the three quarters ended 30th September. The return is requirad to contain the names of all schools open and of all teachers employed bp the Board during the year. To the lay mind the form presentsa bewilderingappaaranoe of columns for various entries, and it should certainly keep the secretary fully employed fur some days. Tha full particulars required are as follows: —I, school; 2, teacher; 3. certificate; 4 position ye»r of pupjl tpapbers to be pntpced and thQ»o clearly indicated who are obliged to live away from home j 5. average attendance for year ended 30th September j 0. salaries, exclusive of house allowances and Inoreases ; 7. amount of increase of salaries for .year ending 3lst December, on b»sis of average attendance as in No. 5; 8. amount of increase paid to 80; h September; 9. amount of increase stjll payable | 10. remarks, sue)} as changfls in bpsJl, qf opening oj closing schools and changes in names of sohoals,

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